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what do you see from your advantage ant point in terms of the city's respond and the city and responding communities so many felt the devastating effects of responding to this. >> it's a mixed bag eliot. the cities brought i agree with erroll this was an extraordinary storm on the level we've never dealt with before. on the other hand, the there was urgency in terms of evacuation. i'm not sure what happened on the ground with as strong as it could have been in terms of really pressing people to leave door to door, house to house. we need to know more about that for the future. i was out in the rockaway area, horrible situation fires in addition to the flooding. it looks like more public presence there would have been helpful in the last 48 hours in terms of food and water being provided. very few ways for people to get to food and water out there. >> eliot: let me ask you this, bill in terms of the infrastructure of the city, this is something when i was back in government we would look at with frequency. would there be a way to prevent the tunnels from flooding. that is going to be a ma
what do you see from your advantage ant point in terms of the city's respond and the city and responding communities so many felt the devastating effects of responding to this. >> it's a mixed bag eliot. the cities brought i agree with erroll this was an extraordinary storm on the level we've never dealt with before. on the other hand, the there was urgency in terms of evacuation. i'm not sure what happened on the ground with as strong as it could have been in terms of really pressing...
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and the people who live in the city are loving it. and we're legal. it becomes very difficult no matter how bad they want to stop us or slow us down with those three things in place it's incredibly difficult for them to stop us. >> now cities have their local government structure. limousines are governed by states and most states certainly here in california. >> definitely in this state but it's a mixed bag. sometimes it's the city, sometimes it's the state. >> you have to navigate government structures and statewidestatewide government structure. the taxi cab industry is afraid of this stuff and then consumers are demanding choice. >> you're right on the taxi try. industry. on the limousine industry, the small guy loves us because we're helping them fill out their dead time. when a small company only has a few cars can get five-minute pick up times they're then acting like a big companies. but then it means the big sedan companies have little guys who compete at the big level. sometimes they don't like us because we're helping the little guys act lik
and the people who live in the city are loving it. and we're legal. it becomes very difficult no matter how bad they want to stop us or slow us down with those three things in place it's incredibly difficult for them to stop us. >> now cities have their local government structure. limousines are governed by states and most states certainly here in california. >> definitely in this state but it's a mixed bag. sometimes it's the city, sometimes it's the state. >> you have to...
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wind shifted last night but further north on the jersey shore atlantic city, ocean city, asbury park, point pleasant, all of these communities have been absolutely devastated by the storm surge last night. right now, we know 2.5 or 2.6 million people in the state of new jersey without power. governor chris christie says it will be eight days at the very least before that power is restored. president obama is coming to new jersey tomorrow to see the devastation firsthand with governor christie along with fema representatives and you know, right now, we can see pictures. we see the pictures of the iconic boardwalk. ripped up and the wood strewn across the streets. we see the downtowns of these communities inundated with sand and ocean water. and of course, we see those shots of the ferris wheel actually on these piers partially submerged in the water. it really is an appear okay apocalyptic scene on the jersey shore. obviously the cost in terms of damage in the billions and that's what fema and the president, of course, will be looking to lend a hand with tomorrow. >> jennifer: t.j., h
wind shifted last night but further north on the jersey shore atlantic city, ocean city, asbury park, point pleasant, all of these communities have been absolutely devastated by the storm surge last night. right now, we know 2.5 or 2.6 million people in the state of new jersey without power. governor chris christie says it will be eight days at the very least before that power is restored. president obama is coming to new jersey tomorrow to see the devastation firsthand with governor christie...
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he is the latest in our conversation of the mayors of the 25 largest cities. he served as executive director to the bush clinton katrina interfaith fund. i asked major brown if he is reconsidering his decision not to join the group mayors against illegal guns? >> i am truly thinking about the families and all of those impacted in aurora. i reached out to the mayor, mayor hogan, and my thoughts and prayers are with everyone it's a very very unfortunate situation. as for mayor, you know, my predecessor signed up to push more gun control. he partnered with major bloomberg prior to my arrival as mayor, so mayor paton really pushed the issue. i think you have a lot of people out there who are responsible gun owners and i think it's not about the gun. i think it's about the individual. although, you know at the end of the day it's about protecting and preserving the quality of life in all of our cities and i think we really need to make sure we educate people on safety security and accountability. and i know in my city we're doing everything we can to prevent someth
he is the latest in our conversation of the mayors of the 25 largest cities. he served as executive director to the bush clinton katrina interfaith fund. i asked major brown if he is reconsidering his decision not to join the group mayors against illegal guns? >> i am truly thinking about the families and all of those impacted in aurora. i reached out to the mayor, mayor hogan, and my thoughts and prayers are with everyone it's a very very unfortunate situation. as for mayor, you know, my...
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the rules were relaxed after 9/11 at the city's request. and commissioner kelly may be right, the monitoring of public events, going to public meetings visiting public restaurant and monitoring through the ethnicity of the clientele, he may be right that that's all lawful under the new guidelines, but what we do know is that the fbi has some standing orders in new york not to accept certainly intelligence from these programs. it would prohibit them from retaining documents on purifiers-amendment related materials. from what we stand this has never been a question of what is legal or not, but what are the policies of our nation's largest police department to fight terrorism in new york city. >> two of the people one journalist and one labor organizers for nannies and house keepers, we're down to looking at nanny and housekeeper organizers as threats to the security of new york? >> i don't even think that the nypd officer who put that in the file thought there was some sort of a threat, which is the point for why why we wrote about about it.
the rules were relaxed after 9/11 at the city's request. and commissioner kelly may be right, the monitoring of public events, going to public meetings visiting public restaurant and monitoring through the ethnicity of the clientele, he may be right that that's all lawful under the new guidelines, but what we do know is that the fbi has some standing orders in new york not to accept certainly intelligence from these programs. it would prohibit them from retaining documents on...
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. >> in the aftermath of the unphattible eventsunfathomable events in kansas city. this really puts everything in perspective. if so that perspective has a short shelf life since we'll hear about the perspective we'll regain the next time ugly reality intrudes upon our games. those who need tragedies to recalibrate their sense of proportion with sports would seem to have little hope of truly achieving perspective. >> cenk: i love that. it goes beyond saying he's right, this gives us perspective, and then we forget that lesson. but it applies to the lessons learned from any of these tragedyies. speak of any tragedies the other side said you politicize things. >> ensures more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy and more convenient store confrontations will leave more teenage boys bloodied and dead. handguns do not enhance our safety. they bring out flews and bait us in embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it. in the coming days, this is what he i believe. if javon belcher did not own a gun, he and cassandra perkins would be alive today.
. >> in the aftermath of the unphattible eventsunfathomable events in kansas city. this really puts everything in perspective. if so that perspective has a short shelf life since we'll hear about the perspective we'll regain the next time ugly reality intrudes upon our games. those who need tragedies to recalibrate their sense of proportion with sports would seem to have little hope of truly achieving perspective. >> cenk: i love that. it goes beyond saying he's right, this gives us...
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we announced the city is back in business tomorrow. all schools are operating and we will be pretty much fully operational in philadelphia tomorrow. still trying to make sure people have power. that's the main issue. >> jennifer: that is great. you were on the call today with president obama and governors and other mayors. what was president obama's message to you? >> i heard you played part of the -- i guess a clip from his speech. president obama is singularly focused on making sure that states and cities -- governors and mayors on the call -- he wants to make sure that the department of homeland security and fema do everything they possibly can. i've never heard the president so serious so direct, so focused and literally kind of listening as a civilian though to the commander in chief. he's directing his forces to make sure that all of us get what we need and said basically at the end if you're not getting something, call me directly at the white house. i'm going to be up pretty late for the next couple of days. >> jennifer: there'
we announced the city is back in business tomorrow. all schools are operating and we will be pretty much fully operational in philadelphia tomorrow. still trying to make sure people have power. that's the main issue. >> jennifer: that is great. you were on the call today with president obama and governors and other mayors. what was president obama's message to you? >> i heard you played part of the -- i guess a clip from his speech. president obama is singularly focused on making...
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as each cardinals decides whose name they will write on the ballot vatican city is in st. peter's square where the new pope will emerge. >> michael: when we hear all this. the pop and circumstance i find fascinating although it's a little crazy. i love how they say it solemnly. they seem to do everything solemnly at the vatican. but it is something that we're focused on because of all the news the catholic church has been making for not just a few years now going back 10, 15 years that we're hearing about the controversies in the catholic church, and the pope's resignation is sudden surprising and virtually unprecedented. to discuss this i want to invite matthew fox into "the young turks" here. he is the author of over 30 books, including the pope's war. he's the founder of friends and creation spirituality. a catholic priest of 34 years and he joins us from san francisco. thank you for being on "the young turks"." >> hello michael i've been laughing, listening to your wind up here to the conclave, batman and all that. >> michael: good, i'm glad. it worked. how about that.
as each cardinals decides whose name they will write on the ballot vatican city is in st. peter's square where the new pope will emerge. >> michael: when we hear all this. the pop and circumstance i find fascinating although it's a little crazy. i love how they say it solemnly. they seem to do everything solemnly at the vatican. but it is something that we're focused on because of all the news the catholic church has been making for not just a few years now going back 10, 15 years that...
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anybody. >> is the premise, are the students at the 16 universities some how connected to the city of new york directly or is that not even a requirement. >> i don't think that's a requirement. clearly from a documents that we've seen and the people we've interviewed who took part in these programs a requirement was that they were muslim. >> i'm going to guess that the aclu requests for self investigation is just going to be ignored by the mayor who can say what he said. does any other law enforcement agency feel enough like its own toes have been stepped on by this that it would encourage investigating the nypd? >> well, i men this has been brought to the attention of the justice department. congressman holt wrote a letter to the justice department and i believe approximately 34 members of congress has asked for an investigation. we are not clear if the justice department is doing anything about this. it doesn't appear to be any oversight in new york city. the mayor is essentially accountable to no one. there had been a few city council members who said we need to do something they w
anybody. >> is the premise, are the students at the 16 universities some how connected to the city of new york directly or is that not even a requirement. >> i don't think that's a requirement. clearly from a documents that we've seen and the people we've interviewed who took part in these programs a requirement was that they were muslim. >> i'm going to guess that the aclu requests for self investigation is just going to be ignored by the mayor who can say what he said. does...
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how surprised were you by the conditions on the ground in new york city. >> i was shocked. i got there several days after hurricane sandy had hit and the rockaways were destroyed. one woman who lived six houses in from the ocean told me she never had an ocean view until sandy had hit. the destruction was incredible. the difference is in africa you have chronic problems people have learned to cope with over time. but the rockaways were an acute disaster, and coping mechanisms were not in place. three weeks later 40% of the people still didn't have heat. 30% i still didn't have electricity, and 20% were still with functional phone lines and there weren't mechanisms in how to deal with these things. >> jennifer: you've been to africaish and you wouldn't expect this in the united states. was that hard? >> um, yeah, it was pretty difficult. we surveyed people and spent the whole day talk talking to people, and having them lose their entire life in a night was difficult. i ran into who women who had infants at home. to cope with the heat they had gas burners on all day with their
how surprised were you by the conditions on the ground in new york city. >> i was shocked. i got there several days after hurricane sandy had hit and the rockaways were destroyed. one woman who lived six houses in from the ocean told me she never had an ocean view until sandy had hit. the destruction was incredible. the difference is in africa you have chronic problems people have learned to cope with over time. but the rockaways were an acute disaster, and coping mechanisms were not in...
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take from the rural areas and give to the cities. here is fox news this morning. >> americans don't understand that barack obama is a huge supporter of something called the regional equity movement. and the core goal is to redistribute the wealth of americas to the cities. >> jennifer: that myth has become so pervasive that a romney supporter asked him about it on the campaign trail, and he didn't exactly correct her. >> romney: i'm not looking to take away from cities and towns of any scale. >> jennifer: city versus -- rural versus urban, constant battle paul ryan argued that what people in urban areas really need is better discipline and stronger character. >> the best thing to help violent crime in the inner cities is to bring opportunity and help people get out of poverty in the inner cities. that's what cherries and civic groups and churches do to help one another realize the value in one another. >> jennifer: of course charities and churches and civil groups are an incredible value. but they are in no position to makeup for his
take from the rural areas and give to the cities. here is fox news this morning. >> americans don't understand that barack obama is a huge supporter of something called the regional equity movement. and the core goal is to redistribute the wealth of americas to the cities. >> jennifer: that myth has become so pervasive that a romney supporter asked him about it on the campaign trail, and he didn't exactly correct her. >> romney: i'm not looking to take away from cities and...
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salt water into the new york city subway system inundating tunnels. one tunnel took 11 feet of water, pushing cars and stacking them up like toys. >> a disaster was faced as devastating as its faced in its history. >> a seven to know tanker was pushed on to a long island street the. >> you might say that's one storm. of course that's true, whether it's a snowstorm, record heat for a storm like this. when you look at it in a macro sense and you look at the trends then it becomes absolutely clear, for example it has been 331 months in a row now that with global temperatures have been above the 20th century average. that is stunning. now in 2012 alone, we had record arctic ice sea loss. we had two record u.s. heatwaves, a record drought and now we have this unprecedenced hurricane. when you look at how many hurricanes we've been having over the decades in the 1970's, we had on average eight a year. 1980's, nine. 1990's, 11. last decade, 15. three years go this decade, 19, 18 19. that's just so far. we've got a whole month left of hurricane season. you se
salt water into the new york city subway system inundating tunnels. one tunnel took 11 feet of water, pushing cars and stacking them up like toys. >> a disaster was faced as devastating as its faced in its history. >> a seven to know tanker was pushed on to a long island street the. >> you might say that's one storm. of course that's true, whether it's a snowstorm, record heat for a storm like this. when you look at it in a macro sense and you look at the trends then it...
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anniversary of the oklahoma city city bombing, the anniversary of waco the anniversary of columbine. it would not be a stretch so note that this was a key week. >> and oklahoma city happened on the anniversary of waco. >> that's right. >> stephanie: and will the right-wing still be screaming it is terrorism. >> but it is terrorism. >> stephanie: jim was referring in case you just tuned in the eric rudolf bombing during the olympics -- and it was abortion clinics -- >> and gay clubs. >> stephanie: and gay nightclubs. so he was a right-wing extremist. >> but yesterday was not tax day in massachusetts. it was a state holiday. tax day in massachusetts is today. and everybody who lives in massachusetts knows that, so i don't know that that -- >> but it is federal tax day. >> it is but -- >> stephanie: it is interesting jacki i was booked on cnn, and it's interesting the story broke about noon pacific, and, you know, it's interesting i talked to roland our good friend and he ran the new york marathon and cnn was still saying it might be a gas line. and then they -- it's what they were hear
anniversary of the oklahoma city city bombing, the anniversary of waco the anniversary of columbine. it would not be a stretch so note that this was a key week. >> and oklahoma city happened on the anniversary of waco. >> that's right. >> stephanie: and will the right-wing still be screaming it is terrorism. >> but it is terrorism. >> stephanie: jim was referring in case you just tuned in the eric rudolf bombing during the olympics -- and it was abortion clinics --...
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that category. >> john: of course, we have seen the images of the debris all across the city and the searching and rescue operation going on at the school. i'm curious how did the rescue crews approach a disaster with concern for living survivors below the rubble? >> they're going to be just listening for sound listening for people, and then it's a slow and steady kind of process. just to be able to go through and listen for help. >> john: sir, do you feel you'll anticipate the possibility of more tornadoes over the next three to four days. >> i'm not watching the weather map. i know there are storms firing up across the state. i know there were storms in the shawnee area, so we're not the only affected areas. >> john: if people want to help, do you recommend the red cross? >> yes we recommend the red cross. you can donate by texting or going to the website. at some point we may ask for some other donations but we'll wait until that time arise jazz for the city of oklahoma city emergency management, sir, thank you for your time on this terrible day. >> thank you very much. >> john: j
that category. >> john: of course, we have seen the images of the debris all across the city and the searching and rescue operation going on at the school. i'm curious how did the rescue crews approach a disaster with concern for living survivors below the rubble? >> they're going to be just listening for sound listening for people, and then it's a slow and steady kind of process. just to be able to go through and listen for help. >> john: sir, do you feel you'll anticipate...
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street. >> cenk: so the cops and i'm sure the mayor would say, we have got crime down in new york city, we're doing a good job, so obviously it is working. so stop bothering us. how would you respond to that? >> when you actually look at the numbers they are more complicated that the mayor and the commissioner make them out to be. while murder rates have gone down in new york city, the actual number of shootings have remained relatively the same despite stop and fisks, actual shootings have only dropped by roughly 4% so to say this has had a mayor impact on murders isn't exactly telling the whole story, and it certainly doesn't tell the story of the lived experiences of young people who say they are stopped on a regular bases. just weeks ago there were massive pro tests -- there was at least one very very massive protest, where a 16-year-old boy was shot by two plain-clothed police officers. young people -- mostly young people from the neighborhood four days after he was shot basically ran through the streets, smashed windows out of police cars, bricks and bottles were thrown at the co
street. >> cenk: so the cops and i'm sure the mayor would say, we have got crime down in new york city, we're doing a good job, so obviously it is working. so stop bothering us. how would you respond to that? >> when you actually look at the numbers they are more complicated that the mayor and the commissioner make them out to be. while murder rates have gone down in new york city, the actual number of shootings have remained relatively the same despite stop and fisks, actual...
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does the city have the shelter space? do we have the accommodations available to take care of the many people who simply can't stay in their homes because their homes right now don't have hot water heat, elevator service, et cetera. is the city equipped right now? >> we opened up approximately 73 shelters. with the capacity of more than 70,000. at peak, we have about 7,000 to 8,000 people there. we're a little bit lower right now. we have a lot. one thing about our whole program is we can -- we can build up if we need more. we have lots and lots more than 73 shelters. if we need it, we'll open them. our sense is that we're going to see some restorations coming in the next couple of days which will help some areas. i think the areas like staten island was so hit so heavily so overhead, most of the lines are overhead lines. trees came down, took them down. as i was hearing you talk earlier while i was hanging on, it takes a lot of time to first de-energize, remove the trees then go up and do the work. it is so slow. and in
does the city have the shelter space? do we have the accommodations available to take care of the many people who simply can't stay in their homes because their homes right now don't have hot water heat, elevator service, et cetera. is the city equipped right now? >> we opened up approximately 73 shelters. with the capacity of more than 70,000. at peak, we have about 7,000 to 8,000 people there. we're a little bit lower right now. we have a lot. one thing about our whole program is we can...
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>> well, we have been talking to thousands of fast food workers around the city. the vast majority of them do want to fight. they are ready to stand up. today was just the kick out of. there were over 200 workers across the city that stood up and said we will not tolerate living in poverty and being intimidated by the boss. >> all right harold miller, thank you, man we appreciate it. >> no problem. >> cenk: all right. i like these strikes. that's the only way you're going to be able to say hey, you know what, if we all work here, we've got a share in those profits that we were showing you. otherwise, it's fundamentally unfair. when we come back, bradley manning has been in prison for nearly three years. his hearing is finally underway and for the first time, he spoke today. we will tell you what he said and it was dramatic. it's a tradition honey. [ singing christmas carols ] mmmm. [ female announcer ] make new traditions with pillsbury grands! cinnamon rolls. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] holiday cookies are a big job. everything has to be just right. perfection i
>> well, we have been talking to thousands of fast food workers around the city. the vast majority of them do want to fight. they are ready to stand up. today was just the kick out of. there were over 200 workers across the city that stood up and said we will not tolerate living in poverty and being intimidated by the boss. >> all right harold miller, thank you, man we appreciate it. >> no problem. >> cenk: all right. i like these strikes. that's the only way you're...
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the city suffered more than a million dollars in damage. romney defended himself by saying quote, the floods weren't significant enough that his being in western massachusetts to make any difference. >> really? >> his state was unable to (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. new ice breakers duo. a fruity, cool way to break the ice. (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show"! ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho ♪ ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ >> this is the "stephanie miller show," and i am not stephanie miller. i am chris lavoie. that is jac
the city suffered more than a million dollars in damage. romney defended himself by saying quote, the floods weren't significant enough that his being in western massachusetts to make any difference. >> really? >> his state was unable to (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. fruit just got cooler. fruit on...
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but in new york city we are the safest big city in the country, and have relatively few murders per capita and one reason is we have some of the strongest gun laws in the country. but 85% of the guns found in new york city came from somewhere else. one state's weak gun laws affect everybody else's crime rate. >> jennifer: yep. today president obama made this announcement today. >> i have asked the vice president to lead an effort that including members of my cabinet and outside organizations to come up with a set of concrete proportionals no later than january, proposals that i then intend to push without delay. >> jennifer: so he is probably going to put some stuff in his state of the union. what do you expect to come out of the task force? >> the president said a lot of good things and it's fantastic, by the way that he chose vice president biden who is about as smart on these issues and as attuned to law enforcement as anybody in government. but we think the first and best thing you can do is make sure everybody gets a background check. right now something like 40 to 50% of people who b
but in new york city we are the safest big city in the country, and have relatively few murders per capita and one reason is we have some of the strongest gun laws in the country. but 85% of the guns found in new york city came from somewhere else. one state's weak gun laws affect everybody else's crime rate. >> jennifer: yep. today president obama made this announcement today. >> i have asked the vice president to lead an effort that including members of my cabinet and outside...
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shirley chambers knows about it more than anybody else in the city. she has lost four different children to you gun violence in chicago. here's the report on that. >> reporter: a family portraiture minds shirley chambers of the unimaginable cost of gun violence. today the mother of four grieves once again. >> right now i'm totally lost. ronnie--ronnie was my only surviving son. >> reporter: her son 34-year-old ronnie chambers, died early saturday morning after police say he was shot as he sat in a parked car in the 1100 block of south mozart in chicago's lawn dale neighborhood. another passenger was wounded. >> he was kind of changed. he had changed his life a lot. he was the type of kid who would do anything for you. >> cenk: that is such a tough story. ronnie chambers was, as he mentioned, was trying to reform his life. he was on the "ricky lake show" of all places, and he was talking about that. let's take a look at that. >> you know, i have two brothers and little sister. you know what i'm saying, that right there me in and out of jail, that led m
shirley chambers knows about it more than anybody else in the city. she has lost four different children to you gun violence in chicago. here's the report on that. >> reporter: a family portraiture minds shirley chambers of the unimaginable cost of gun violence. today the mother of four grieves once again. >> right now i'm totally lost. ronnie--ronnie was my only surviving son. >> reporter: her son 34-year-old ronnie chambers, died early saturday morning after police say he...
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it's changed the neighborhoods of the city, the poorest neighborhoods of the city. i said in the piece i wrote after he died, he didn't carry it in his last election against david dinkins a single one of the neighborhoods that he transform the. >> john: do you think he will be remembered more for the positives or the negatives? >> i think people want to remember him fondly and like him because he was such a big personality. new yorkers think -- the city has a big personality. he was a big personality. he was a character. he had many very entertaining qualities. i think people want to remember him fondly. but like anybody who serves in public office for a long time and he was mayor for 12 years it is a very mixed record. i mean one of the things i talked about in the piece i wrote about him for the new yorker was his very mixed record on a.i.d.s. he was mayor at the very beginning of the a.i.d.s. crisis. you know, his lack of leadership in retrospect was startling especially for someone who many people in the gay community felt should be one of our own and that was a
it's changed the neighborhoods of the city, the poorest neighborhoods of the city. i said in the piece i wrote after he died, he didn't carry it in his last election against david dinkins a single one of the neighborhoods that he transform the. >> john: do you think he will be remembered more for the positives or the negatives? >> i think people want to remember him fondly and like him because he was such a big personality. new yorkers think -- the city has a big personality. he was...
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the needing to way outside of new york city. it's too bad that there is no federal investigation bureau or central agency of intelligence which could deal let's say security in the homeland? >> yeah, they're way out of line. they're out of bounds in several senses. you know, they've been un unapologetic about it. the police, chief kelly, the mayor, they said well, the 9/11 september 11th, 2011, hijackers spent time in new jersey. i shutter to think that the new york police department is also in florida, maine and hamburg, germany. it seems it's illegal unconstitutional on several counts. even if it isn't it's bad policing. and now we hear that they've been misusing the high trafficking drug money, the high intensity drug trafficking money for purposes that it was not intended for. so this is out of bounds on all sorts of scores. >> is that high intensity drug trafficking in some ways a can opener for this? i know you've written previously to the attorney general and asked for a special prosecutor to look into this. but the fact
the needing to way outside of new york city. it's too bad that there is no federal investigation bureau or central agency of intelligence which could deal let's say security in the homeland? >> yeah, they're way out of line. they're out of bounds in several senses. you know, they've been un unapologetic about it. the police, chief kelly, the mayor, they said well, the 9/11 september 11th, 2011, hijackers spent time in new jersey. i shutter to think that the new york police department is...
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it doesn't make sense. >> why is he going against the tampa city council and the mayor's wishes? >> well reis a republican and we're all democrats. we have a lot of gun legislation that has been written, you know, basically by the gun lobby, by the nra and that's just how it works here in florida. >> you have a state law, right, that preempts any local entity from being able to pass their own laws. >> right. >> is the city going to have to beef up additional security because of this? >> well i -- i don't know -- you know we are beefing up security. we got $50 million from the department of justice to spend on all kinds of defensive materials for the convention. i don't know what more you can do. you can allow those weapons to be brought in or not. and the state law says we cannot do that and not only can we pass laws that are any more restrictive on guns -- you can bring guns everywhere but -- there's only a few places where you can't bring them. >> i'm sorry for interrupting but it seems like you guysen up talking about prohibiting certain types of protests and allowing guns. yo
it doesn't make sense. >> why is he going against the tampa city council and the mayor's wishes? >> well reis a republican and we're all democrats. we have a lot of gun legislation that has been written, you know, basically by the gun lobby, by the nra and that's just how it works here in florida. >> you have a state law, right, that preempts any local entity from being able to pass their own laws. >> right. >> is the city going to have to beef up additional...
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one of those board members runs the new york city partnership which is nothing but a voice for the investment bank. it is the height of irony conflict of interest rife in this thing the failed regulatory body out there, it has been since the daytime geithner has been there. all right many thanks for coming on the program tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> the lest wing hates welfare. senator bernie saunders talks about the tax money we pay to oil, coal and gas companies later on viewpoint. the only way we're going to solve the world's great vexing problems. [ female announcer ] e-trade was founded on the simple belief that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary new e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll actually use it. and our mobile apps are the ultimate in wherever whenever investing. no matter what kind of investor you are, you'll find the technology to help you become a better one at e-trade.
one of those board members runs the new york city partnership which is nothing but a voice for the investment bank. it is the height of irony conflict of interest rife in this thing the failed regulatory body out there, it has been since the daytime geithner has been there. all right many thanks for coming on the program tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> the lest wing hates welfare. senator bernie saunders talks about the tax money we pay to oil, coal...
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stop and frisk and the other things that they do wrong to people in the city. i like this guy. for this, i applaud him. but let's not go too far and say, nypd is awesome. look at what police officers did for someone. this is a good situation. who took that picture? why is it everywhere. >> it was just like a tourist. >> i understand. >> cenk: so they claim. >> that's the conspiracy? >> cenk: that's the conspiracy. >> they need love for nypd. there was a bad stretch. >> i lost my dad many years ago but my dad was a cop in new york. so it makes me happy. >> cenk: and we're playing around. i know who took the pictures. a come from arizona and she sent it to nypd. they did put it up on the facebook page, because this is awesome p.r. this is jayar's point, but credit to him. he didn't do it for p.r. reasons, bless his heart. we'll take a quick break and when we come back we'll go away from heartwarming and we'll go to elbows. this is going to be fun. find out who it is. at cepacol we've heard people are going to extremes to relieve their sore throats. oh, okay, you
stop and frisk and the other things that they do wrong to people in the city. i like this guy. for this, i applaud him. but let's not go too far and say, nypd is awesome. look at what police officers did for someone. this is a good situation. who took that picture? why is it everywhere. >> it was just like a tourist. >> i understand. >> cenk: so they claim. >> that's the conspiracy? >> cenk: that's the conspiracy. >> they need love for nypd. there was a bad...
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>> i believe they are not connected to the city. commissioner kelly also, he was at the hearing last week, two weeks ago. we had a lot of questions of commissioner kelly. first of all he's not head of the c.i.a. he's not head of the fbi. he's the commissioner of a city of which he's accountable. he should report to the city council, however he denied to respond to questions how they're mishandling protesters of wall street occupy. and how they're handling this. the nypd should understand that we expect more than what they've been doing. >> the day after goldman sachs is criticized the mayor went to goldman and said, look, even though i disagree with you i appreciate what you're saying. has he visited to convey any of that? >> i don't think he will. he has not and neither will he will. the working class and middle class are so frustrated. we expect the 1% to increase in contribution. and i way that mayor bloomberg responded to the question shows he's not connected. >> you've been studying and watching occupy since the very beginning.
>> i believe they are not connected to the city. commissioner kelly also, he was at the hearing last week, two weeks ago. we had a lot of questions of commissioner kelly. first of all he's not head of the c.i.a. he's not head of the fbi. he's the commissioner of a city of which he's accountable. he should report to the city council, however he denied to respond to questions how they're mishandling protesters of wall street occupy. and how they're handling this. the nypd should understand...
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the population of new york city. look at that, when you add up the numbers they're 87% of the people stopped and frisked. i'm sure it's a wild county county coincidence. when you watch this documentary you may release realize it's not quite a coincidence. >> i had the captain come in and talk about has harassing the public. >> i they just popped out they jumped out of the car. i was going to stop, and i didn't have enough evidence of a cop harassing me. >> oh, you again. >> i was just stopped two blocks ago. >> people don't like police because of the harassment. what civilians don't under the police department is forcing us to do these unreasonable stops or you are going to be penalized. >> cenk: now we have joining us the person who put this documentary together, ross tuttle and our own tricia rose from brown university. ross, let me start with you. they say we're protecting the poor and minority doing the stop and frisk in the poor and minor areas. the people you talked to, did they have that feeling. >> thank you
the population of new york city. look at that, when you add up the numbers they're 87% of the people stopped and frisked. i'm sure it's a wild county county coincidence. when you watch this documentary you may release realize it's not quite a coincidence. >> i had the captain come in and talk about has harassing the public. >> i they just popped out they jumped out of the car. i was going to stop, and i didn't have enough evidence of a cop harassing me. >> oh, you again....
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the ruling said the city's highest officials have turned a blind eye to the evidence and conducting in a racially discriminatory manner, in their zeal to defend a policy that they believe to be effective and they have willfully ignored he overwhelming proof that this the policy of targeting the right people is racially discouple tore. no one should live in fear of being stopped whenever he leaves his home to go about the actives of daily life. tricia, let's ask you, she said this violated the fourth and the 14th amendments of the constitution. but it does not end the program. it talks about laying out different reforms. do you think she should have ended the program entirely, and i just want to get your reaction to the ruling as well. >> well, i mean, over all i'm very happy there is some head way in end that is seemingly extraordinarily discriminatory policy although the fact you gave make it clear. even more so it seems that this is just a way to institutionalize what is a long-standing policy of driving while black, making sure that black people get harassed, and extra targeted acro
the ruling said the city's highest officials have turned a blind eye to the evidence and conducting in a racially discriminatory manner, in their zeal to defend a policy that they believe to be effective and they have willfully ignored he overwhelming proof that this the policy of targeting the right people is racially discouple tore. no one should live in fear of being stopped whenever he leaves his home to go about the actives of daily life. tricia, let's ask you, she said this violated the...
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one of the four, the city controller john lies said he will abolish the policy. not replace it with anything else. that's what he says. he's the only one who says that. the rest have given some version of let's amend it or dial it back or reconceive it or reconfigure it. only one candidate again john lewis said no more. >> i think it is important to recognize the idea of stop and frisk because i think we're losing something in this discussion. stop and frisk as an effective appropriate policy when there is probable cause is a responsible and appropriate thing for a police officer to do. stop and frisk policies that target people who may or may not be perpetrators of crime who have no probable cause are adversely impacting higher communities. >> john: let me get to the million dollar question because one complaint about stop and frisk is that one complaint is it doesn't happen in greenwich village or times square. it happens uptown. one of the biggest complaints is that young men of color get charged disproportionately more often for marijuana possession. some cau
one of the four, the city controller john lies said he will abolish the policy. not replace it with anything else. that's what he says. he's the only one who says that. the rest have given some version of let's amend it or dial it back or reconceive it or reconfigure it. only one candidate again john lewis said no more. >> i think it is important to recognize the idea of stop and frisk because i think we're losing something in this discussion. stop and frisk as an effective appropriate...
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saying is that the city itself, the public dollar matches the private dollar. >> that's right. they're city-matching funds up to $175. >> jennifer: that's the hard argument. the taxpayer is saying why would i finance a system that i think is terrible to begin with? >> what we found is that this system would cost $2 to $3 per new yorker. i think if you ask the average new yorker if you asked is it worth $2 to get your democracy back most would say yes and in a poll, most would like to see this take place. especially with governor cuomo's system here. >> jennifer: the big fight. my question is how do you apply that to super pacs and things that are not going directly to campaigns. how do you stop the flow of unprecedented amounts of money of these super pacs. >> i think the fundamental problem is we need to make sure that our elected officials whether it's president, mayor or anyone in between we need to make sure that they're accountable to all of the voters constituents. they can't be accountable just to sheldon adelson the koch brothers or two or three people. that's the probl
saying is that the city itself, the public dollar matches the private dollar. >> that's right. they're city-matching funds up to $175. >> jennifer: that's the hard argument. the taxpayer is saying why would i finance a system that i think is terrible to begin with? >> what we found is that this system would cost $2 to $3 per new yorker. i think if you ask the average new yorker if you asked is it worth $2 to get your democracy back most would say yes and in a poll, most would...
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state, not the cities and counties. she makes a strong point. however, obesity impacts minorities disproportionately. it is explained how obesity impacts certain areas as opposed to others. >> where you live matters and it matters a lot. another way of putting this is that your zip code matters more than your genetic code. baltimore has a census track down near the inner harbor with a life expectancy of 62 years and another up in northern baltimore, 82 years a 20 year life expectancy difference. >> let's take a quick look at some african-american health statistics which i find fascinating. of a attorneys are 1.4 times more likely to suffer from obesity, three times the chance of diabetes and death and that's according to the u.s. department of health and human services. how to, we do have a geoff joining us today. in fact, the guest is an individual that you saw in that video earlier. it's dr. anthony ison, the senior vice president of healthy communities, and the california endowment. he joins us today to talk about ob
state, not the cities and counties. she makes a strong point. however, obesity impacts minorities disproportionately. it is explained how obesity impacts certain areas as opposed to others. >> where you live matters and it matters a lot. another way of putting this is that your zip code matters more than your genetic code. baltimore has a census track down near the inner harbor with a life expectancy of 62 years and another up in northern baltimore, 82 years a 20 year life expectancy...
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i think the real challenge here for new york city, it is a huge xhi, one of the biggest in the country, bigger than several states, is to say how are they going to address the income inequality and bring wall street and main street together within their own city. the other element here of course is who is going to be doing the constituency outreach, eric garsetti just won with a huge constituency. so who can draw the broadest coalition possible. elections are about the future. bill clinton taught us that. >> michael: so you look forward. are we at a point now in american political history is all you have to do is lay low for couple of years come back and all will be forgiven. >> it's a matter of priorities. our job is to hire people to do a job for us, to make important decisions about tax policy economic policy keeping us safe, giving us a future with health care, and equality for all. that's the job we're hiring people to do, and if any elected official can focus on that i think the american people are very forgiven and we all make mistakes. >> michael: we don't want to see hypocrisy
i think the real challenge here for new york city, it is a huge xhi, one of the biggest in the country, bigger than several states, is to say how are they going to address the income inequality and bring wall street and main street together within their own city. the other element here of course is who is going to be doing the constituency outreach, eric garsetti just won with a huge constituency. so who can draw the broadest coalition possible. elections are about the future. bill clinton...
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city and also around the country. tomorrow in times square, we're going to be meeting up not with just fast food workers but carwash workers and supermarket workers to continue this movement. i think there will be more of this into the future and hopefully it spreads across the country. >> jennifer: so is the umbrella union that's partnering with you the seiu, the service employees international union? >> there is a coalition of community organizations clergy, elected officials labor unions, they're all working together to make sure fast food workers get a living wage and the right to form a union. >> jennifer: all right. linda, when you were striking, did you fear -- were you afraid you would lose your job? what were the discussions among your coworkers? >> no. i wasn't afraid at all. because right now presently i'm on $8 an hour. that's more than what some of the other workers are making and i just didn't feel like i had nothing to lose. i just want a better life. >> jennifer: you are making $8 an hour and you felt
city and also around the country. tomorrow in times square, we're going to be meeting up not with just fast food workers but carwash workers and supermarket workers to continue this movement. i think there will be more of this into the future and hopefully it spreads across the country. >> jennifer: so is the umbrella union that's partnering with you the seiu, the service employees international union? >> there is a coalition of community organizations clergy, elected officials...